Ok, I told you about the dog I met the first day and how I was missing my dogs, so there’s that. The whole dog thing. I’ve even started Dog Spotting pretty obsessively, which is something I always did, yet now I’m taking photos and adding whimsical captions and/or stories. We’ll see what comes of… Continue reading a lapsed Quaker walking…I’m relatively sure you’ll get what I’m trying to say at some point
Tag: The Way
Back to the Future…Camino style
Remember these shoes from last year? I walked a whole week on the Camino, and bombarded my feed with photos and waxed philosophic about what it all meant and laughed at myself at the preposterousness of my thinking I even had a clue. Most people take a month to six weeks to walk the whole… Continue reading Back to the Future…Camino style
exactly because it’s so dreadfully painful that one has to drop it
So vividly I remember this last day walking on the Camino. Knowing I’d soon be saying goodbye to the simplicity of a normal day there. Getting up before the sun, pulling on my boots & hoisting my pack before trudging out along The Way. Bidding farewell to all of it had as deep an impact… Continue reading exactly because it’s so dreadfully painful that one has to drop it
try to encapsulate the Camino in a few short moments of chit chat
Not sure where I heard it, but it’s been said that you have a short window of opportunity in which people want to hear about your holidays. After ‘How was your break? You were in Spain weren’t you?‘, there’s a few moments where you can share generally, before the conversation moves on to what’s been… Continue reading try to encapsulate the Camino in a few short moments of chit chat
And struggle in the darkness troubling my eyes
Well, my week on the Camino de Santiago has sadly come to an end. I know I’ve gone on and on about my feet, but that’s what people on a pilgrimage talk about. It’s rather important, to be fair. This was one of the nicer photos from my last day of walking, and just looking… Continue reading And struggle in the darkness troubling my eyes
Walking down the road…or getting ready to
When I first started hiking here in the German Alps, I kept seeing that symbol above. ‘What is that?‘ I’d ask. Oh, it’s the Jakobsweg. ‘Huh? What’s the Jakobsweg?‘ You know, it’s a pilgrimage. One of the oldest ones in Europe, I think. Many people walk it. Now that I know a bit more about… Continue reading Walking down the road…or getting ready to